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Elections Pawlenty Drops 2012 Presidential Bid

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Pawlenty Drops 2012 Presidential Bid - FoxNews.com

I predict that all the more moderate candidates will drop out of the race...except romney.
The best obama can hope for is that Bachman or Perry win the gop primary...that will give him his best chance at a second term....which i believe will be quite difficult or near impossible
 
lpast said:
Pawlenty Drops 2012 Presidential Bid - FoxNews.com

I predict that all the more moderate candidates will drop out of the race...except romney.
The best obama can hope for is that Bachman or Perry win the gop primary...that will give him his best chance at a second term....which i believe will be quite difficult or near impossible
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Looks to me like it's going to come down to a race between Romney and Perry.
 
AdamT said:
Looks to me like it's going to come down to a race between Romney and Perry.
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In the end it probably will. They are the best candidates of the bunch. We'll see if Perry stands up to the pressure of the increased attention he'll get as an instant front runner (or near the front anyway).

It was only a matter of time before Pawlenty dropped out, though I expected him to at least last until the actual caucus before that.
 
rocket88 said:
In the end it probably will. They are the best candidates of the bunch. We'll see if Perry stands up to the pressure of the increased attention he'll get as an instant front runner (or near the front anyway).

It was only a matter of time before Pawlenty dropped out, though I expected him to at least last until the actual caucus before that.
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I don't think Perry will stand up to the extra scrutiny. There's a lot of crazy in his background.
 
Deuce said:
I don't think Perry will stand up to the extra scrutiny. There's a lot of crazy in his background.
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Well, he was the Texas chairman of Al Gore's campaign. ;)
 
AdamT said:
Well, he was the Texas chairman of Al Gore's campaign. ;)
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That whole secession thing will hurt a presidential campaign. Why would America want to elect someone to lead them who thought separating from the country was an actual option?
 
Deuce said:
That whole secession thing will hurt a presidential campaign. Why would America want to elect someone to lead them who thought separating from the country was an actual option?
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A lot of Americans think states have the right to secede. I haven't seen a quote from Perry saying Texas should secede though. Still wouldn't vote for him...
 
Pawlenty drops out of presidential race

Pawlenty drops out of presidential race - CNN.com

Ames, Iowa (CNN) -- Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty abandoned his bid for the GOP presidential nomination on Sunday after a disappointing finish in the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa.
"We needed a boost from Ames that didn't happen," Pawlenty told staff on a conference call Sunday morning, CNN learned.
Speaking to ABC's "This Week," Pawlenty said his campaign needed a lift in the straw poll.
"The pathway forward for me doesn't really exist and so we're going to end the campaign," he said.
Pawlenty finished a distant third in the poll, behind Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and Texas Rep. Ron Paul.
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not a shock, not a loss.
 
Re: Pawlenty drops out of presidential race

Just shows how weak the GOP field is. They have nothing. Pawlenty wouldn't have even carried his home state.

I'm still waiting to see who is going to come forth to salvage the GOP. The current lot are a bunch of clowns.
 
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Its good he dropped out. He just wasn't effective. I don't disagree with his view point at times - I think he's got a good message but just not President material.
 
I dont think Perry or Bachman will win the Primary...its nice to win the straw poll...but all the big guns around the country havent thrown their two cents in yet..on who they like...time will tell
 
Deuce said:
That whole secession thing will hurt a presidential campaign. Why would America want to elect someone to lead them who thought separating from the country was an actual option?
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If you actually bothered to listen to what he said, and not jsut regurgitating the DNC talking points... You'd know he was lambasting Washington's ways, and not actually suggesting seceding.
 
MrVicchio said:
If you actually bothered to listen to what he said, and not jsut regurgitating the DNC talking points... You'd know he was lambasting Washington's ways, and not actually suggesting seceding.
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He said he wasnt ruling it out and succession may happen in the future if the govt didnt change its ways....now how you want to take that is up to whoever reads it...it doesnt sound like he was advocating succession to me
 
That's too bad about Pawlenty but not surprising. At some points in the debate he really helped himself in my eyes, in other point she looked like the small dog barking a ton to try and get attention with his consistent attempts to attack Obama.

So we're back to just 3 with executive experience.
 
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